Green autofluorescence in dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other microalgae and its implications for vital staining and morphological studies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2306-2313

  Ying, Zhong Tang ^a   Dobbs, Fred C ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELL DEATH; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PH EFFECTS;

ALGAL BLOOMS; CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE STAINING; GREEN AUTOFLUORESCENCE (GAF); RAPHIDOPHYTES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

APOPTOSIS; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE; MICROALGA; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLUE LIGHT; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESTUARY; GREEN ALGA; GREEN AUTOFLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPHIDOPHYTE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VITAL STAIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RAPHIDOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34247505828     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01741-06     Document Type: Article

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